- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Home going celebration of Mrs. Frances W. Williams, sunrise: July 25, 1913, sunset: May 22, 2005, Sunday, May 29, 2005, 2:00 p.m., First Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Appling, Ga, Rev. Rickey Battle, Sr., pastor, officiating
- Date of Original:
- 2005-05-29
- Subject:
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Appling
Mourning customs--Georgia--Appling
Funeral service--Georgia--Appling
Genealogy
African American women--Georgia--Appling--History--21st century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Appling--History--21st century
African Americans--Georgia--Appling--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Columbia County, Appling, 33.54608, -82.3173
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Program for the May 29, 2005 funeral of Frances W. Williams. Funding for this project provided by Georgia HomePLACE, a unit of the Georgia Public Library Service.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder-W-0125
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_fpro_williamsfrancesw20050529
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_williamsfrancesw20050529
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of program], Eula M. Ramsey Johnson Memorial Funeral Program Collection, Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System System, as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- Original Collection:
- Eula M. Ramsey Johnson Memorial Funeral Program Collection, Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System, Augusta, Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- Augusta-Richmond County Public Library
- Rights:
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aje s journey fo r Mrs, Frances W W illiams Began on July 25, 1913 dt, en d ed m Sunday, M ay 22, 2005 at St. Joseph H ospital in Augusta, g j i During her life 's journey here on earth she was blessed to meet < marry Mr. Charlie Williams, who preceded her in death d from thus unionfo u r children were Bom
She w id Be rememBeredas a savant who loved god, her church, fam ily, W, people. She laved attend ing worship sendee, Sunday Schooland'was a member o f the senior choir. She also w as M other o f'the Church d l a member o f the Deaconess Seard, Both o f which she served u n til her health failed, Jferfavorite saying teas, fits surely as you are born into this world, you are going to d u d Jfer favorite tool o f empowerment was the Jfofy Bible, o f which she was an avid reader. Mot only d id she read Her -Bible daily, she always encour aged herfa m ily m id others to ta le up the Sw ord as they sojourned through fife,fin d in g refuge m the iWord o f god. She w id Be remembered By her children as a phenomenal strong woman o ffa ith , who not only up held her role as a mother. Butfu rth e r embraced the d u a l role o f Beingfa th e r after the death o f her husband
She leaves to cherish her memoryfour Coving e devoted children; Mary Jean BgQdhd, Codean (garden) W. Dent of. Appling, g/4, Charlene W. Dent o f Qrovetown, Q/l, Bailey 0oAnn) iiilihm s o f San Jlntonm, JX: two grandchildren reared as daughters: iirginia (fipbertj C laifioffingusia, QJ4 g Michelle (Dent o fjfephzibafi, g/4; two sisters: Ludeff garnet: o f/Appling, g% of Coirne Luke o f Jacksonville, BL; three sisters-in-law: Dorothy Williams <df Margie MilBams o f fiugmta, g/4, CBertha Williams o f Jacff somnlle, Big one god-daughter %p6Sie Butler o f Jfarfem, gfi; six;grandeftifdren Bawl(Alice) fiplJand, %pnnie Bpdand, Brenda (John) Dunn, MadJUdfliams, f& ajs Williams, Michael Charles iiSMams, eC Jonathan Williams; four great-grandclnfdrere Sgt Shaun Cfarf Shannon (Joel) Ferguson, Jimez PpUand,
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